Keijo

Keijo (競女) is a water sport where players are forbidden to use their limbs. They are only allowed to use their hips and chests to fight. However, players are freed to land their attacks to any body parts of their opponents, including the face and vital points. By law in 2003 Keijo became a sport that allows for gambling alongside horse racing, boat racing, and cycling. Fundamentally it's just like Sumo, where players have to eliminate their opponents out of the arena. Keijo matches might look entertain, in fact it's a dangerous physical competition with the risk of injury and incident.

Land

Keijo is held in a floathing arena called Land (ランド, Rando), there are so many types of lands with different features.

Keijo Rules

• Usually six players will race together (there are exceptions).
• Players are only allowed to attack their opponents with hips and chests (however using the hands and legs to their own bodies are acceptable).
• Falling from the land, or falling down to the land are counted as a loss.
• Players are not allowed to touch the land with anything besides their feet. Touching the land with their hands are considered as a fall.
• Illegal maneuvers, for instance, using other limbs like hands and legs to attack the opponents, will end with a ban. A professional player will be banned for a half year in official match after 2 incidents.
• The match rankings are decided on sinking other players.
• The last person standing on the land is the winner.
• The time limit is 5 minutes (there are exceptions).

Team Match

There are slighty differences with the rules for team matches.

• Teamed up each others and usually fight in 4 vs 4.
• There are no match rankings.
• The team who loses all of their players first is the loser.
• If the match ends before reaching the time limit, the remaining players will be ranked by points. Based on how many opponents they have sunk.
• Illegal maneuvers will end with the team responsibility. As such, the team will lose the entire match.

Becoming a Keijo Player

To become a player, girls who are interested with Keijo must firstly enroll into a Keijo training school, and participating in exams which held by the school in order to eliminate them. Once they accepted and became official students, they will learn everything related to Keijo. Students who graduate from a Keijo training school will enter the professional level of Keijo.

Player Ranks

Player ranks in Keijo professional level are classed into Ranks of C, B, A, S and Keijo Queen. Regular students will start from C-Rank. However the Elite Class of Setouchi Keijo Training School is equal to C-Rank. Thus when they debuted they can start straight from B-Rank. Keijo Queen refers to a player who has won in large scale tournaments.

Fighting Style

Player types or fighting styles in Keijo are divided into 3 types.

In-Fighter

The close range fighters that mainly focused on power are called In-Fighters (インファイター, Infaitā).

Out-Fighter

The hit and run fighters that focused on speed and strategist are called Out-Fighters (アウトファイター, Autofaitā).

Counter

Fighters that focused on defense and utilized their opponent's strength to convert it into their own attack are called Counters (カウンタ, Kaunta).

Keijo Engineer

A Keijo training school is also opened for boys who are interested with Keijo to become a Keijo Engineer (競女技師, Keijo Gishi). It is a position in charge of developing, maintaining, delivering the equipments, and designing the lands and matches.